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Vinegar on Fish & Chips
In september the British Superbike Championship comes to our local race track for the second year in a row. That means a lot of British motor racing fans will come to the official camp site run by my football club.
As I visit Britain regulalry, our head of catering - a recently retired head chef - asked me about the vinegar that goes on the Fish & Chips. Last year guests asked for vinegar, but we Dutch don't put vinegar on chips. We prefer mayo and (curry) ketchup. This year our chef wishes to give the punters what they want. But I've never had vinegar on F&S. ![]() ![]() I know it's malt vinegar. But what are the brands to look out for? |
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One of the best http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/sarsons-malt-vinegar
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In Scotland in the west of the country (Glasgow) it's salt and vinegar that's favoured on chips, but in the east side of the country (Edinburgh) it's salt and brown sauce.
![]() I do like mayo on chips, but I also like the curry ketchup you get abroad
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IMO salt and vinegar is good on chips, but only salt on fish
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I like salt and mayo on oven chips but salt and vinegar on chip shop chips.
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Goto a cash and carry and buy a big jug of malt vinegar or more likely (and cheaper) non-brewed condiment.
Most people will be used to those. |
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Sarsons malt vinegar
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Never, never,NEVER put salt and vinegar on fish and chips, or on anything for that matter ...
... you should put vinegar and salt on instead to stop the vinegar dissolving the salt. |
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i prefer onion vinegar on me chips
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Good old Sarsons I'd say, though to be honest any supermarket malt vinegar will do
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I asked for vinegar for my chips in Holland and they looked at me as if I had two heads!
Got to be Sarsons.. |
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I love the vinegar that comes with pickled onions, instead of malt stuff. Maybe its the fact its had the onions in it, but it tastes so much better.
And of course I have to finish a jar of onions within a week, I love them! I shall look like a onion soon, good job they ain't fattening. |
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Sarson's.
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catering places like chip shops buy concentrate that they dilute.
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Never, never,NEVER put salt and vinegar on fish and chips, or on anything for that matter ...
... you should put vinegar and salt on instead to stop the vinegar dissolving the salt. |
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I like salt and mayo on oven chips but salt and vinegar on chip shop chips.
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... you should put vinegar and salt on instead to stop the vinegar dissolving the salt.
Vinegar on first, makes the chips "wet", and then the salt sticks to the chips instead of falling straight through. |
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I asked for vinegar for my chips in Holland and they looked at me as if I had two heads!
Got to be Sarsons..
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Thanks for the replies.
Sarsons it is going to be. And I will tell our chef to get steak fries as they are the closest to your chipped potatoes. And to keep them soggy... Next time I'm in Britain I will try the salt & vinegar (or vinegar & salt). You only live once. But never ever milk in tea!
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I have a method for salt and vinegar on chips. I put salt on the vinegar then more salt
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I asked for vinegar for my chips in Holland and they looked at me as if I had two heads!
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but in the east side of the country (Edinburgh) it's salt and brown sauce.
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Sarsons it is going to be.
And I will tell our chef to get steak fries as they are the closest to your chipped potatoes. And to keep them soggy... |
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Thanks for the replies.
Sarsons it is going to be. And I will tell our chef to get steak fries as they are the closest to your chipped potatoes. And to keep them soggy... Next time I'm in Britain I will try the salt & vinegar (or vinegar & salt). You only live once. But never ever milk in tea! ![]() |
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